Society quote by John W. Gardner

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"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water"

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This quote is written / told by John W. Gardner between October 8, 1912 and February 16, 2002. He was a famous Educator from USA, the quote is categorized under the topic Society. The author also have 26 other quotes.

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"I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat"

"Find a good teacher, don't betray yourself to succeed and be a better person before being a better actor"

"Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence"

"It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day"

"It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least"

"If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked"

"It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour"

"There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action"

"The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next"

"Let us choose to believe something good can happen"